Handle-holder.



PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

R. E. JACK. HANDLE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 0018, 1906.

511 um" for Wil'mzowa irn'ilirnn STATES Prirnn'r oirnren.

ltOliEll/l l JACK, OF MIIAVAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNB'IEN'LS, T0 MAGIC l3ll(')0i\'l-llOl,l)l )lt COMPANY, APARTNERSHIP.

HANDLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letter- Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed October 8, 1906. Serial No. 337,918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Roman-r 'E. .Tnorc, oi ll'lilwnukee, \llslonsln,have invented a llmnlle-llolder, ol' which the lollmviug is a SP'lication.

This invention consuls of it device for suspending by the handle variousutensils llhving stick handles, such brooms, ln-ushes, carpet-'HW\.(PO1S, mops, spadeo, show-ls, llUOS, and the like, and my objectis to provide a. device of this sort which will readily grasp andlightly hold the handle of the implement, when thrust then-into, andwhich can be runruliictured and Sultl at 21. minimum price.

The invention is illuntrated in the aracompnnying drawing, whereinFigure l. is a side-view oi the holder as attached to a wall, showing a.broom suspended therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the holder on ularger lo, a part of the cover plate being broken 'zty. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation oi the same. Fig. i is a plan. view of the same. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the roller.

In these drawings every reference letter'anrl numeral refers always tothe stunt: part.

The invention consists ot a box or casing a, one-hall oi which (theright hnnd half in the drawing) is closed by a. cover-plate I), whilethe leit-lmnd hall has on i s outer edge a. flange c. The eovenplate 7)engages the edge of the ng a by means of interengaging songs (I and e,and 'luheld in position by a rivet or like fasto'ningf. in the ipclosedspace so formed is mounted a roller g, which is oLlhe form shown moreparticularly.

in Fig. 5, to wit, having the outer corner It rounded, and its peripheryi is slightly conical; and it carries it pair of axial gmlgeons j, whichengage in oblique slots L in the easing o and cover-plate b. The slots Znre nu=roly to hold the roller in place, mid are not intended to guidethe latter (though they might be so made) oblique plate m eonstitutiin,the right-haml side 01' the casing being arranged for this purpose, sothat the roller 9 roll sup and down on the plate. The casing a has lugsn at the back, which hold it at at distance from the-wall, and a pair olscrew-holesoforattaelnnmit, one iormod in the open port ol the casing 01and the other in the ear 1: on the right-hand side.

The reason for having the roller oi a conical or tapen ing form is toenable it to quiekly grip any implement;- handlo thrust into the holder,even if the latter is not pushed all the way in, and to enable it totake handles o1" a Widely varying size which is not possible with a.ball roller. The front edge h is easier raised by the handle when mundodthan ii it were made sharp.

The motle -oi using the holder is apparent. It; is at;-

tached to the wall in the position shown in Fig. 1, and the handle q ofthe broom or other implement is thrust; intothc-open slot or spacebetween the flange a and roller y with it slight. upward moverrient, insuch manner that the roller g is pushed upward frictionally, until thehandle enters the said SPttCC. On releasing it the force of gravityacting on the handle and roller together (:a-uues the l'ormer to bejammed against the flange c, and positively supported.

I do not wish it understood that; my invention is limited to the use ofall the above described lea-Lures and constructions, for some may beomitted and others may be varied or modified in various ways Within thescope of the claims, as will readily occur to those skilled in the art.

- Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new .Lll i desireto secure by Letters Patent is: i

l. A handle-holder lor brooms: and like implements comprising u rollerlmvlng a slightly conieul surface, :1 casing in which sold roller ismounted to more in a direction slightly oblique to the vortirul, and anabutment opposite said roller.

2. A hundle'holder of the class described t'omprlsing, in (-ombinnllon,a box'or mixingineloswl on one aide, 21 rollci' mounted therein andguided in a direction slightly oblique to the vorlieal, and an abutment.flange on the edge ol the easing; opposite said roller said rollerhaving; tl rounded front; edge and lapering' toward the back to a.slightly smaller diameter.

2;. A handle-holder comprising; :1 cuxinp; hnviny; a portion (dost-(l attrout and back, one of the cloned sides having an oblique slot. a rollerhaving av gurlgoou running;- in said slot and an abutment opposite saidroller; the plane of said abutment. :lud the axis of said rollirboiugn-rpemllcular to the back, null said abutment and roller beingseparated Ell. the front to permit. the lust lion of u handle.

-'lv A handloholder comprising, :1 easing having a portion thereofclosed at front and back, oblique slots in said front and back. a rollerhaving gudrzeons running in said slots, and on abutment; opposite saidroller; the plane. of said abulmeut 11nd the axis of said roller beingperpendicular to the back, and said abutment and roller being separatedat the l'ronl. to permit the insertion of a handle.

In a device or the class described, the combination of u musing having:1 partly inclosed portion, :1 cover plate fitting over the front sideof said lnelosod portion, and luwingan oblique slot; therein, :1 conicalroller loosely mounted in said iur-losvd portion and having :1 gudgeonfitting in said slotfan oblique surface at one side of said roller onwhich it rolls, and an abutment at the opposite side of sold roller andat :1 distance therefrom.

In wituexs whereof l have hereunto set my hand this sixth day ofOctober, 1906.

ROBERT E. JACK,

In presence of ltieimun .T. Boiunm, Gnouon W. COLLES.

